The University of Akron NASA
Robotics Team Software
●Problem
○To construct a robot to autonomously navigate an
arena simulating the surface of the moon and
proceed to dig soil and deposit to construct a
berm
●Solution
○Development of a wireless and robust
communications network for controlling the robot
○Development of an embedded system, here a
Jetson Nano, to interface with the wireless
controller and the electrical components of the
robot
○Analysis of the design requirements to properly
create the software to work within
○Research and development into autonomous
systems and mapping techniques using Robotic
Operating System or ROS
●Source
○https://github.com/UA-NASA-Robotics
○https://github.com/ros/ros
Figure 17: CAD Rendering of UA NASA Robotics Mining Team
2023-2024 Robot, Software written by Software Team
Figure 18: Team members
carrying the robot for testing
Figure 19: Planned routing for navigating the arena
Figure 20: CAD Rendering of UA
NASA Robotics Mining Team 2022-
2023 Robot, software written by
Lee Nestor
Figure 21: Jetson Nano SBC
Figure 22: Robotic Operating System used for
governing autonomy